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The close proximity of continental borderlands, active and ancient tectonic regions, and modern and ancient volcanoes has long been known. Pre-plate tectonic ideas about this association culminated in Kay’s (1951) masterful synthesis showing the relationship between volcanic island arcs and ancient eugeosynclinal sedimentary basins containing abundant volcaniclastic rocks. This association is now considered to develop within convergent plate margins. Wide acceptance of plate tectonic processes began during the late-1960’s, and has resulted in a continuing and accelerating flood of literature concerned with reinterpreting a vast amount of descriptive geology in addition to new studies. Many formerly difficult geologic problems appear amenable to interpretation based on plate tectonic theory, but we add a note of caution: it is far from certain whether or not plate tectonic theory adequately explains tectonism and volcanism in Archean time which includes nearly three-quarters of earth history.
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Fisher, R.V., Schmincke, HU. (1984). Pyroclastic Rocks and Tectonic Environment. In: Pyroclastic Rocks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74864-6_14
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